Improvement in connecting side springs to vehicles



C."W. SALADEl-I.` l improvement in'Cennecting Side Springs to Vehicles.

Patenied March 5, i872.

CYRUS V. SALADEE, OF ST. CATHARINES, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONNECTINJGY SIDE SPRINGS TO VEHICLES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,221, dated March 5, 187:2.

SPECIFICATION.

Be it known that I, CYRUS W. SALADEE, of St. Gatharines, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain Improvements in Connecting Side Springs to Pleasure-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification embodying my invention.

My invention has for its object an improved mode of constructing and applying connecting-rods7 to the rear aXle and front bolster of side-spring buggies, to which the ends of the springs are connected and equalization of their action effected-that is to sa y, that the motion of either spring up or down shall be conveyed to the other through said connectin g-rods, and compel them to vibrate in unison with each other.

Equalizing the action of springs by means of connecting-rods and short arms or links radiatin g from their outer ends, and connecting` to the springs or body, is old and well known, and forms no part of my invention; but the improvement of the rod and its mode of appliance and opera tion are features of novelt v, as hereinafter described, to which I lay claim.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side end view of the hind axle E F, and in which is hada full side view ofthe curved arm A, end ofthe spring J, journal-box B B, clip D, clipyoke O, screw-nuts l). Fig. 2 is a top view of the axle E, showing one end ofthe connecting-rod K broken orf, and the other being squared and passing into the hub A2, as seen by the dotted lines S S, and showin g the arms A A and journal A1 formed solid with and made a part of the hub A2, and showing the lower halt' of the journal-box B in sect-ion with the journal A1 resting therein. Fig. 3 is a full side view of the journal-box, B being the top half ot' the box, and B the lower halt, and (l (l are projections formed upon the lower edge ofthe box. Fig. 4 is an end view of the same, and showing the hole for the reception of the journal A1 of the hub A2, seen in Fig. 2 5 and the dotted lines, Fig. 5, represent a reversible viewof Fig. 1. E and F, in dotted lilies, represent the end ofthe axle,

with the outer end ofthe arm A thrown up above the axle, and the dotted lines J represent the spring in this position.

The primary object of my invention, however, is, by means of the journal-box B B and clip D, to secure and operate the connecting-rod K immediately over the top of the axle and bolster ofthe gearing, so as to allow a free movement of the arms A when vibrating the springs. These arms are now universally made straight, as seen by the dotted lines 1 and 2, Fig. 1, and which formation forbids placing the center of motion of the connecting-rod over the center yand on the top of the axle or bolster, as may be readily understood by consulting the drawing, Fig. 1, where dotted line 2 is the lower edge of the straight arm, and where it will be seen that to move the outer end N of the arm A down in the direction of the dotted line 4 would be impossible by reason of the contact of the arm with the top of the axle. To overcome this defect I curve the arm A substantially as shown in Fig. l, and by which form the outer end N is permitted freely to move in the direction of the dotted line 4, as required by the vibration of the springs. rllhese curved arms are connected to the outer ends of the connecting-rods K, either by heilig' formed a part of the hub A2 and journal Al, or secured directly to the rod K by being welded thereto, or otherwise rigidly connected to their outer ends, and the space A1 between the arms A is made to rest in the journal-boxes B B', and the whole is held in position on the top of -the rear axle and front bolster by means ofthe clip D D, as plainly .indicated in Fig. l. The base of the arm A, Fie'. 1, is formed with a shoulder-bearing, I, which, when the arms are-used, as shown in the reversed view of FiO. 1 by Fic'. 5, will bear upon the projection G of the journal-boxes and pre,- vent the arms from passing their centers, and so as to hold the springs in their proper position.

1 claim as my invention- 1. The arms A, curved substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the curved arms A,

the. connecting-rod K, as and for the purpose rod K, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. Securing and operating the connectingrod K immediately on the top and over the center of the hiud axle and front bolster by means of the bearings A1 B B and clip D D, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. Securing or forming the arms A and journal A1 upon the outer end of the hub A2, and the saine in combination with the connectingset forth.

5. The projections C C, in combination with the journal-box B B and the shoulder-bearing,r I of the arm A, as and for the purpose set forth.

CYRUS W. SALADEE. Witnesses:

V. C. CLAYTON, W. D. (ELEMENTS. 

